More Birthday

 Eggnog pancakes with eggs on her new princess plate and tiarra. 

Grandma Joy painted faces, made bee balloons, did magic, and danced!  She was seriously such a wonderful present to Naomi.  It was a great party.  Thank you grandma Joy!  You are the best grandma and clown and person we know!  LOVE YOU!

Catching up

I added some pictures of what has been going on the past month.  The kids and me at the Vet. Day parade, Thanksgiving day Iindian Headdresses.  We had a nice dinner with Fred and his family.  Then, it was my birthday.  And, we had our first of many more to come Missionary Mondays.  Uncle Ben talked about his experiences in Hong Kong, teaching the kids a little language, culture, and singing.  It was a lot of fun.  Then, yes we went sledding in Sunny AZ, there is a farm that ships in snow!  It was 80 degrees and the kids got to play in the snow, how does it get any better?  Then, my little darling turned 3.  Joy Clown was the life of the party, literalliy.  Her magic was mezmerizing as was her dancing!  Naomi was queen for a day waking to eggnog pancakes, pictures at Mall with Grandma Joy and a special party.  Later in the evening, we went to pick up a pizza and she fell asleep on the counter as I was paying, so she was partied out!  It was a great last month. 

Thanks to our Veterans!

So, here is the kids saluting all of you who have served our country.  Joshua had the honor guard come to his school yesterday and do a gun show.  He loved it!  Today, we are going to a parade, and he asked me if he could stop one of the army guys and tell him thank you for fighting for our country and keeping us free.  I started to cry.  Silly I guess, but not really.  I love this country and I thank those who have served. 

LOVE YOU MEN WHO HAVE GIVEN SO MUCH FOR US!  GOD BLESSED AMERICA!

Grandma Joy

So my mom was once a Professional Clown as many of you do not know....and she has been ressurected. Yes, it is true. I was so proud of her performing at the Walk N Roll for Spina Bifida, I wanted to share a couple of pictures from that day, Oct 30th. Thankyou to all of you who showed your support, including you Joy Clown!

She got up and danced with the fitness instructor prepping everyone for the walk...

Catching up

We went to Boise, Idaho for Fall break.  We were there for a week.  The kids and I went with mom.  We did horseback rides, cornmaze, movies, homeade bread, playing, and staying up way way way too late every single night.  We had a great vacation.  I have to admit that I like Boise.  It was nice to spend time with my Aunt Pam and cousin Dawn and her four kids.  There were so many pictures to choose from, so I made a slide show. 

The toothfairy???

What in the world is happening, my baby is losing his teeth.  I know that pretty soon I will be saying, my baby is graduating, but still what is going on???  On Friday, I went to Joshua's school with him, and midway through class he looks at me in terror.  Mom, something is wrong with my tooth...sure enough it was loose.  I explained that it was normal and then told him about the process.  For the next 24 hours, he vigorously worked at wiggling his tooth, and last night right before bed, it came out!  I think it is a world record for a tooth getting loose to losing it.  So, he went to bed anticipating big bucks since his dad told him a story about how once the toothfairy brough him $20!!!!!  What???  So the toothfairy did indeed come and only left $2 as is appropriate :)  So, good times. 

Fun at phoenix children museum

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To the Women who read my blog

"Sisters, I testify that when you stand in front of your heavenly parents in those royal courts on
high and look into Her eyes and behold Her countenance, any question you ever had about the
role of women in the kingdom will evaporate into the rich celestial air, because at that moment
you will see standing directly in front of you, your divine nature and destiny."
 
Elder Pace, BYU talk

3 weeks gone

Well, Somehow weeks have passed since our last post, and not much really has happened.  What we have been doing is finding our ancestors, E'lans to be exact.  These are pictures of his great grandparents.  Eduard Sunderman is from Poland and immigrated to Mexico, and Aurelia Castillo has records in Mexico, not sure if she was a transplant too.  We were able to go to Kearny AZ, and see the other great grandparents mining town.  These, are all E'lan's mothers grandparents.  I think you can see E'lan in the man, he has the same arched nose.  It has been quite a journey learning about all that was done to come here, to America.  His ancestors all brought here...  We were able to do the work for them in the temple, and it was a special day for all of us!  Jesus Christ truly is the light of our life and God is great and makes all things possible and right when all is said and done.  So, Thank you to our ancestors for paying the price, forging the way, and sacrificing. 

Life afterschool....

This is the kids trying to cool off in the afternoon - It was hilarious becuase we have two (one large and one small kiddie pools) and they chose to dump their toys and get into this thing....it was hilarious.  They just ripped off their clothes (ofcourse undies are still on) and got wet....I was too sick to care plus they are only little once, then they chased each other around the yard giggling hysterically and then they jumped on the trampoline soaking wet.  It was a good way to end a very hot intolerable afternoon here in the desert. 

Next, we went on a field trip to the SeaLife Aquarium - a one time deal only!  Joshua was convinced that this shark lovced him, probably because I told him so.  He kept circling around his hand for about 15 minutes.  It was fascinating for Joshua.  He decided that he wants to swim with the animals when he grows up.  I let him watch Bindi The jungle girl, the daughter of the crocodile hunter, and he loves loves loves the nature shows.  I can def. see him becoming a marine biologist .... ofcourse only after he is a missionary - according to Josh.

Joshua with his dogs, Lexi and Toby. 

Making snickerdoodles for a "snack" or prego mommy's way to blow and hour and a half....and eat something yummy and surprise the hubby with his fav cookie after work.  The kids loved it.  Joshua would eat the dough as he "rolled" them in the sugar, and Naomi would just lick the sugarbowl.  It was fun.  we had a good time, The kids are becoming best friends fast.  We have a lot of fun together.  Tonight, they are sleeping in the same room as is par for the course and E'lan is at the temple.  I sit and thank God for the peace in my life and the beauty of my little family.  I was up very early this morning and read for a while, WHAT A DIFFERENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!   That is all I can say. 

Wings and things

Naomi made her first pair of wings.  It was really cute.  She wears them with her tinkerbell outfit nearly everyday now.  While Joshua is gone at school, we play and do girly things and not so girly things.  She is so much fun to be around.  She cried and cried the first couple of days Joshua left the house...then she caught on that she gets time alone with mommy to do fun stuff, and now when he leaves, she says "mommy, what we gonna do today, hmm?"  So, it will be nice to have a little time with her before the baby comes. 

Joshua's First Day of School

Joshua missed the bus the first day of school, so we got to take him...it was pretty funny.  He was awake at 5:00am saying, mom wake up, I am going to be late for school!  He was so excited.  He loves his teacher and class.  He rides the bus to and from school, and that makes him feel cool...it has been such an easy transition for him ... and me.  Kindergarden is going to be a great year for him.  He is already memorizing a poem and learning his phonograms.  I love this school!